Government

United States

• US Drug Enforcement Agency
  
• US State Department Colombia page
  
• Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
  
• US Agency for International Development (AID)
  
• US Intelligence Reports compiled by the Federation of American Scientists.
  

Colombia

• Colombian Government home page (in Spanish) http://www.presidencia.gov.co/
  
• Red de Solidaridad Social (Social Solidarity Network), the Colombian Government's agency for aiding victims of forced displacement. http://www.red.gov.co/
  
• Defensoria del Pueblo, the Colombian government's human rights ombudsman's office. http://www.defensoria.org.co/spanish.php
  
• PLANTE (Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Alternativo), the Colombian Government's development agency. http://www.desarrolloalternativo.gov.co/html/
  
• Colombian Embassy in Washington, DC

International

• United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
  
• United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Documents on the human rights situation in Colombia. www.unhchr.ch
  
• United Nations Colombia Human Rights page- In Spanish, but links to documents in English (Ingles)
  
• Organization of American States (OAS)

Research Institutions and Non-Governmental Organizations

United States

• Center for International Policy: A Washington, DC-based international policy think-tank; excellent background and recent text on US assistance to Colombia, armed actors, and the peace process. www.ciponline.org/colombia
  
• Washington Office on Latin America: Information on US drug policy in the Andes, deterioration of human rights conditions in Colombia, and the human rights implications of US military assistance. http://www.wola.org/Colombia/colombia.htm
  
• US Office on Colombia: Information on the impact of US assistance on human rights, the armed conflict, and the Colombian peace process, and the work of partner organizations in Colombia, Canada and Europe. An excellent series of one-pagers provide background for concerned citizens. http://www.usofficeoncolombia.org
  
• Amnesty International Colombia Program: Human rights defenders in Colombia and the human rights situation under President Uribe, among other information. http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/colombia
  
• Colombia Support Network. Based in Madison, WI, with chapters around the country, CSN supports communities in Colombia through sister city programs, delegations, and local organizing in the United States. CSN works for a negotiated solution to the Colombian conflict by supporting civil society. Website includes background on Colombia, urgent actions, and information on how to join or start a local CSN chapter. http://www.colombiasupport.net/
  
  
• The Rand Corporation: A think-tank assisting the military community, the RAND Corporation publishes extensive research findings on US drug control policy and domestic and international drug issues.  Their most cited study is the 1994 document MR-331, "Controlling Cocaine: Supply Versus Demand Programs," which finds that domestic drug treatment and prevention programs are 23 times more cost-effective than source-country interdiction.The RAND Corporation
  
• Human Rights Watch: Publications on military-paramilitary ties, Congressional testimony, background and press coverage. Human Rights Watch
  
• The Cato Institute: a Washington, DC-based think tank committed to promoting individual liberty and limited government.  The Cato InstituteSee their publications "Time to End the Drug War" and "Declaring an Armistice in the International Drug War".
  
• Witness for Peace: Publications on US-Colombia policy and its impact from the Colombia team of Witness for Peace; and opportunities for travel with delegations to Colombia. www.witnessforpeace.org
  
• Catholic Relief Services: Information on humanitarian assistance programs and efforts to forge ties between the US and Colombian Catholic Church to confront the armed conflict in Colombia.
  http://www.catholicrelief.org/where_we_work/latin _america_and_the_caribbean/colombia/index.cfm
  
• Committee to Protect Journalists Documentation of attacks on journalists in Colombia.
  
• Amazon Alliance: Information on US-funded fumigation efforts in Colombia and its environmental and humanitarian impact, particularly as it relates to indigenous peoples.
  http://www.amazonalliance.org
  
• Colombia Human Rights Network: Action alerts, links, Colombia Update newsletter, and information on the activities of the grassroots network's local chapters.
  http://colhrnet.igc.org/
  
• Foreign Policy in Focus: Analysis on US drug and counterinsurgency policy in Colombia. http://fpif.org/colombia/index.html
  
• Information Network of the Americas Colombia Report: Articles on violence against union leaders and journalists; President Uribe's security policies; and expanding US policy. http://www.colombiareport.org/
  
• ZMAG Colombia resources: On-line publication with articles by analysts and activists on US policy, human rights, labor, and Afro-Colombian issues in Colombia. http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Colombia/colombiatop.htm

Colombia

• Consultoria para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES): Monitors forced displacement and the armed conflict, and is a leader of civil society efforts for peace in Colombia. http://www.codhes.org.co/
  
• Noche y Niebla: A database of human rights violations in the armed conflict, compiled by non-governmental organizations CINEP and Justicia y Paz. http://www.nocheyniebla.org/
  
• MINGA: A Colombian human rights organization whose activities include research, legal assistance, community work, and education. http://www.mingaong.com.co/
  
• CREDHOS: An NGO focusing on efforts to defend human rights, democracy, and international humanitarian law. Active in the Magdelena Medio region. http://www.credhos.org/
  
• ASFADDES: Colombia's main organization for relatives of the detained and disappeared. http://www.asfaddes.org.co/
  
• CINEP: A human rights and development organization founded by the Jesuits in 1962. http://www.cinep.org.co/
  
• Planeta Paz: An NGO that seeks to include traditionally excluded sectors in civil society efforts for peace. http://www.planetapaz.org/
  
• Pastoral Social: A peace, development, and human rights organization of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia's Catholic Church. http://www.pastoralsocialcolombia.org/

International

• Justice for Colombia: A London based coalition of British organisations working in support of the Colombian people and trade union movement in their campaign for basic human rights and their struggle for peace with social justice. http://www.justiceforcolombia.org